Public Relations Manager

Role: Public Relations Manager

Location: Santa Clara, CA (5 days Onsite)

Role type: Full-Time

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a Public Relations Manager with 6–10 years of experience to manage our external communications program. You will work with executives, subject-matter experts, marketing teams and PR agencies, and coordinate campaigns with our parent company in India.

This role combines communications planning with hands-on execution. You will translate complex enterprise technology into compelling stories, prepare spokespeople, guide agency partners and manage approvals. Your work will strengthen our reputation and visibility in agentic AI and autonomous IT while supporting business priorities.

Key Responsibilities

· Strategy and planning: Develop and execute a PR plan aligned with business, product and marketing priorities. Maintain a shared calendar covering company news, launches, customer stories, executive commentary and events. Identify timely opportunities around agentic AI, AIOps, observability, automation and enterprise resilience; flag communications risks and recommend responses.

· Media relations and storytelling: Build relationships with journalists, influencers and agency partners. Develop differentiated story angles and coordinate pitches, press releases, contributed articles and briefing materials. Assess media requests, recommend spokespeople and prepare executives for interviews. Ensure content is accurate, clear and consistent.

· Executive communications: Work with leaders and experts to develop credible points of view. Pursue commentary, speaking engagements, podcasts, awards and contributed content with agency support.

Respond promptly to relevant industry news and maintain consistent corporate, product and customer messaging.

· Agency and stakeholder management: Manage day-to-day agency relationships, priorities, deliverables and deadlines. Lead regular planning meetings and coordinate with marketing, sales, customer success and technical teams. Gather insights, proof points and customer outcomes; streamline reviews and approvals, including coordination, and hold contributors accountable for commitments.

· Measurement and improvement: Set measurable objectives and report on coverage quality, message penetration, competitive visibility, executive positioning and audience reach. Connect results to business priorities, recommend improvements and monitor how search, AI-generated answers and other discovery channels influence buyer perceptions.

The Person We Are Looking For

You are curious, proactive and comfortable in a fast-moving technology environment. You can work on-site with executives in Santa Clara, move between planning and execution, recognize strong stories and align stakeholders with different priorities. You bring practical judgment and take ownership of communications outcomes.

Required Qualifications

· 6–10 years of experience in public relations, corporate communications or integrated communications, including complex B2B technology such as enterprise software, AI, cloud, IT operations or automation.

· Demonstrated success developing media strategies and securing meaningful business, technology and trade coverage.

· Experience working with senior executives, preparing spokespeople and managing PR agencies or communications partners.

· Strong writing, editing and storytelling skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to business and nontechnical audiences.

· Strong project management and sound judgment; ability to manage competing priorities, align stakeholders and drive execution.

· Collaborative working style, with confidence to recommend priorities, challenge weak ideas and help teams reach decisions.

· Bachelor’s degree in communications, PR, journalism, marketing or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

· Relationships with journalists covering enterprise technology, AI, cloud, IT operations, observability or automation.

· Experience with global communications, distributed executive teams, analyst relations, executive social media, awards or speaking programs.

· Familiarity with agentic AI or AIOps, communications measurement, share of voice, AI visibility and crisis or issues communications.

Apply directly or send me your resume at [email protected]